Citation

Greyson B. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1981; 11(1): 10-16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1981, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7233478

Abstract

Attempted suicide is correlated with an increase subsequent risk of committed suicide. However, preliminary data and psychodynamic hypotheses suggest that serious suicide attempts followed by transcendental near-death experiences (NDEs) may decrease rather than increase subsequent overt suicide risk, despite the NDEs' apparent "romanticization" of death. Studies of NDEs and of their influence on suicidal ideation are proposed which may yield greater understanding of self-destructive urges and new strategies of suicide prevention.